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General Electric (NYSE:GE) Frequently Asked Questions

What is General Electric's stock symbol?

General Electric trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "GE."

How often does General Electric pay dividends? What is the dividend yield for General Electric?

General Electric declared a quarterly dividend on Friday, February 15th. Shareholders of record on Monday, March 11th will be paid a dividend of $0.01 per share on Thursday, April 25th. This represents a $0.04 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.39%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, March 8th. View General Electric's Dividend History.

How were General Electric's earnings last quarter?

General Electric (NYSE:GE) released its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, January, 31st. The conglomerate reported $0.17 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.18 by $0.01. The conglomerate had revenue of $33.28 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $32.01 billion. General Electric had a positive return on equity of 9.85% and a negative net margin of 18.38%. View General Electric's Earnings History.

When is General Electric's next earnings date?

What price target have analysts set for GE?

21 brokerages have issued 1 year price targets for General Electric's stock. Their forecasts range from $6.00 to $21.00. On average, they expect General Electric's share price to reach $12.2941 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 19.5% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for General Electric.

What is the consensus analysts' recommendation for General Electric?

21 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for General Electric in the last year. There are currently 2 sell ratings, 9 hold ratings and 10 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for General Electric.

Has General Electric been receiving favorable news coverage?

Press coverage about GE stock has been trending somewhat positive recently, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. The research firm identifies positive and negative press coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. General Electric earned a media sentiment score of 1.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave headlines about the conglomerate a news buzz of 4.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the immediate future.

Are investors shorting General Electric?

General Electric saw a decline in short interest in February. As of February 28th, there was short interest totalling 112,261,481 shares, a decline of 10.9% from the February 15th total of 125,958,402 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 100,801,252 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 1.1 days. Currently, 1.3% of the shares of the stock are short sold. View General Electric's Current Options Chain.

Which institutional investors are selling General Electric stock?

GE stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including American International Group Inc., Public Employees Retirement Association of Colorado, Alps Advisors Inc., PNC Financial Services Group Inc., BlackRock Inc., APG Asset Management N.V., Eaton Vance Management and Van ECK Associates Corp. Company insiders that have sold General Electric company stock in the last year include Electric Co General and Russell Stokes. View Insider Buying and Selling for General Electric.

How do I buy shares of General Electric?

Shares of GE can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

What is General Electric's stock price today?

One share of GE stock can currently be purchased for approximately $10.2850.

How big of a company is General Electric?

General Electric has a market capitalization of $89.30 billion and generates $121.62 billion in revenue each year. The conglomerate earns $-22,354,000,000.00 in net income (profit) each year or $0.65 on an earnings per share basis. General Electric employs 283,000 workers across the globe.

MarketBeat Community Rating for General Electric (NYSE GE)

MarketBeat's community ratings are surveys of what our community members think about General Electric and other stocks. Vote "Outperform" if you believe GE will outperform the S&P 500 over the long term. Vote "Underperform" if you believe GE will underperform the S&P 500 over the long term. You may vote once every thirty days.